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Arts group calls for details on new arts plan for LA schools

Danielle Brazell, executive director of Arts for LA, speaks during the public comment period for the Steve Zimmer's arts education resolution at the September 10 LAUSD school board meeting. Mary Plummer/KPCC

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The advocacy group Arts for LA is pushing Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy for more details on the district's arts plan - the broad strokes of which were released last year, without financial details.

"[T]he time to reinvest in advancing 21st Century Skills for all students through arts education is now," Danielle Brazell, executive director of Arts for LA, wrote in a letter that was faxed to the district Monday morning. "Please let me know when the detailed budget will be presented to the Board."

The arts plan, released last summer, outlines a new vision for arts education in the district. Among many initiatives, it calls for training classroom teachers to incorporate the arts into lessons on subjects like English and science.